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1999 MSU Arsonist Sentenced Today
WQTX ^ | 2/5/2009

Posted on 02/05/2009 6:57:58 PM PST by magslinger

The government says a 20-year prison sentence for a woman who committed arson at Michigan State University would be the toughest punishment ever in a case of so-called eco-terrorism. Marie Mason is due in federal court at 9 a.m. today.

The explosion and fire at Michigan State's Agriculture Hall in 1999 was a protest against genetically modified crops. Damage exceeded $1 million. Prosecutors want a 20-year prison sentence for the 47-year-old Cincinnati woman.

Mason's lawyer says that would be extreme. Mason has admitted other acts from 1999 through 2003, including fires at homes under construction in southeastern Michigan and Indiana. Her ex-husband is in prison for nine years. Two other people will be sentenced for minor roles.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Indiana; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 1999; 2003; 200810; arson; arsonist; bombing; cincinnati; ecoterrorism; ecoterrorist; elf; fires; gmcrops; leftwingnuts; mariemason; mason; msu; thefamily; wot
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To: happinesswithoutpeace

You bet and I just noticed it should be thirteen and not twelve, I didn’t add Lacey Phillabaum to the count.


21 posted on 02/05/2009 7:25:24 PM PST by jazusamo (But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Thanks.


22 posted on 02/05/2009 7:26:31 PM PST by magslinger (I talk to myself but sometimes I like a third opinion.)
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To: Redbob

A Gray Panther, maybe.


23 posted on 02/05/2009 7:28:16 PM PST by magslinger (I talk to myself but sometimes I like a third opinion.)
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To: DemforBush

Bet she won’t be grinning at age 67!


24 posted on 02/05/2009 7:29:59 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: magslinger
"A Gray Panther, maybe"

Grey something... gray mouse maybe?
LOL!

25 posted on 02/05/2009 7:31:16 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: SmithL
Ping

I thought you might be interested in this since you posted the thread re: her husband's sentencing.

26 posted on 02/05/2009 7:32:34 PM PST by magslinger (I talk to myself but sometimes I like a third opinion.)
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To: Redbob

Arson can be a life sentence.
The b!tch should be happy with her sentence.
She cost me,personally, money.


27 posted on 02/05/2009 8:33:32 PM PST by gigster
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To: magslinger

20 years is too lenient


28 posted on 02/05/2009 9:01:54 PM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: John W

probably will actually serve around 5


29 posted on 02/05/2009 9:02:31 PM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: Redbob

it means 20 except on appeals forever and O might commute the sentence of course


30 posted on 02/05/2009 9:04:11 PM PST by GeronL (Had the flu. Not well yet.)
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To: magslinger

I remember when that happened. As far as the crook goes, good riddance to bad rubbish.


31 posted on 02/05/2009 9:17:33 PM PST by Darren McCarty (Obama = Jimmy Carter II)
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To: magslinger

Thanks. I vote to let them serve their sentences in Guantanamo.


32 posted on 02/05/2009 9:45:22 PM PST by SmithL (The Golden State demands all of your gold)
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If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

33 posted on 02/06/2009 6:11:11 AM PST by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Double the prison time of all involved and I still wouldn’t be satisfied.


34 posted on 02/06/2009 6:12:41 AM PST by grellis (I am Jill's overwhelming sense of disgust.)
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To: GeronL
it means 20 except on appeals forever and O might commute the sentence of course

A distinct possibility. 0 has demonstrated a fondness for terrorists both foreign and domestic.

35 posted on 02/06/2009 6:20:24 AM PST by magslinger (I talk to myself but sometimes I like a third opinion.)
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To: DemforBush

Skank should fit right in with the dykes in prison-— good riddance, terrorist scum.


36 posted on 02/07/2009 7:00:42 AM PST by gibsosa
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